Food Safety and Sanitation

If food isn't stored and handled properly, it can cause illness. The 6th and 7th grade students learned how harmful bacteria can make food unsafe. We discussed how to keep food safe when working in the kitchen and how to store food properly.  The students came up with ways that they can protect themselves from food poisoning.  They also discussed changes that they could make in their eating habits as well as safety measures they could follow to keep themselves healthy.

Have a nice weekend.

Sincerely,
Mrs. J. Bretl

Tater Tot Casserole and Cheese Pizza!

It was easy to tell that the lab this week was a huge success. The 7th grade students completed their two-day lab by making Tater Tot Casserole or Dirt Cups. Each lab group made one of the recipes and the food was shared. There were no leftovers! I hope the students get a chance to make these at home sometime. The lab results were spectacular!

The sixth grade students made cheese pizza in their lab this week. The students did a great job making the dough and assembling the pizzas. I was impressed with how well the pizza crusts turned out. The students also did a fine job consuming their pizzas.

Have a nice weekend!

Sincerely,
Mrs. J. Bretl

Nutrition Facts and Advertising Techniques

      The sixth grade students discussed how to be smart shoppers and discovered the importance of reading nutrition facts' labels on food packages.  The students used information from their  cereal box comparison worksheet to create a "new" cereal combining information from two cereal boxes of their choice . Students designed a new cover, name, nutrition facts' label and ingredients list to create this new cereal. A few of my favorites include; Cocoa Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Pebbles and Shredded Bran!
      The 7th grade students worked together to analyze advertisements from local newspapers and magazines. They listed the persuasive techniques used in each advertisement. Each class worked with their lab partners and determined which advertising ploy was being used to sell a particular product. The students became familiar with bandwagon, snob appeal, humor, emotional appeal, celebrity endorsement and lifestyle advertising techniques. The students worked with a partner using Google Draw to create an advertisement for the new product that they designed.  The students advertisements were very persuasive!


Have a nice weekend,

Mrs. Bretl